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A quick scan of the program of the March on Washington, which
included three prayers, gospel music and four speeches by religious
leaders, illustrates how religion played a central role in this seminal
event and in the Civil Rights movement.

A comprehensive draft management plan has been released on the
Virgin River and its tributaries, which were designated as "wild and
scenic" in 2009 by Congress. The plan could affect visitor experience
to the Zion National Park area in southern Utah.

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell called
the jury verdict that cleared the killer of
Florida teenager Trayvon Martin "questionable"
and urged President Barack Obama to speak more
on issues of race during an interview that
aired Sunday.

His tribe once controlled huge swaths of what is now New York and Connecticut, but the shrunken reservation presided over by Alan Russell today hosts little more than four mostly dilapidated homes and a pair of rattlesnake dens.

When the issue of fertility comes up, there is often a line drawn between the two sides: you are either fertile or you're not — you have challenges or you don't. Both sides of the fertility spectrum have challenges ... yes, even the fertile side.

Nearly five years into his presidency, Barack
Obama confronts a world far different from
what he envisioned when he first took office.
U.S. influence is declining in the Middle
East as violence and instability rock Arab
countries. An ambitious attempt to reset U.S.
relations with Russia faltered and failed.
Even in Obama-friendly Europe, there's deep
skepticism about Washington's government
surveillance programs.

Four people are injured following a car
accident in Israel Canyon near Saratoga
Springs. Police said one of the injured is in
critical condition due to serious head injuries
sustained in the rollover accident.

At Ike Bunney's dude ranch near the Sierra community of Tuolumne City, all creatures have been evacuated as firefighters brace for an intense battle to keep a wildfire raging north of Yosemite National Park out of mountain communities.

Believe it or not, but in less than four days college football will be back. One of the first games of the
2013 season will be held just up the hill in Rice-Eccles, while the Cougars get underway Saturday at Virginia.